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Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 919

Jeffrey Mogul
Computer Science Department
Stanford University
October 1984

### BROADCASTING INTERNET DATAGRAMS

### Status of this Memo

We propose simple rules for broadcasting Internet datagrams on local networks that support broadcast, for addressing broadcasts, and for how gateways should handle them.

This RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

### Acknowledgement

This proposal is the result of discussion with several other people, especially J. Noel Chiappa and Christopher A. Kent, both of whom both pointed me at important references.

### Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Terminology
3. Why Broadcast?
4. Broadcast Classes
5. Broadcast Methods
6. Gateways and Broadcasts
7. Broadcast IP Addressing - Proposed Standards

7.1. ARP Servers and Broadcasts

8. References

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